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Subject: misc/17270: FreeBSD should support nsswitch.conf, or it's ilk
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>Number:         17270
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD should support nsswitch.conf, or it's ilk
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar  8 12:10:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthew Jacob
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT alpha
>Organization:
Feral Software
>Environment:

FreeBSD-4.0 RC2.


>Description:

FreeBSD should support nsswitch so that order and selection and search
of various admin files like hosts or passwd can be selected for which
is first: files, NIS or DNS. 

The NetBSD implementation is pretty good.

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:

	


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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